One of the villains in King Lear is Edmund due to his evil intentions, the damage he inflicted on other characters of the play, and his fate ultimately. Throughout the duration of the play, Shakespeare made it evident that Edmund is the most complex and vilest character. A Machiavellian character who is a master of manipulating emotions and beliefs. Edmund’s mind, body and soul are consumed by anger. He objects how the society portrays bastards “Why “bastard” ? Wherefore “base”, When my dimensions are as well compact, My mind as generous and my shape as true as honest madam’s issue? Why brand they us with “base,” with “baseness,””. Edmund (Act I.ii 6-10). Due to his bastard status, Edmund antagonises his father Gloucester and envies his brother Edgar, who is the Legitimate son of
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Our father love is to the bastard, Edmund. Now Gods stand up for the bastard””. (Act I.II 17-18, 23) Edmund was able to win his father’s heart by forging a letter that conveys a message Edgar is scheming against their father to obtain his power and wealth with this in mind Edmund frames Edgar by slicing his own hand for refusing to join the conspiracy. Edmund accomplishes his first goal by Gloucester denouncing Edgar as his hereditary. Edmund second manoeuvre was to take vengeance against his father his stratagem is by forming an alliance with Goneril, Regan, and Cornwall. Edmund reveals his father’s plan to help the King to the alliance thereupon Gloucester was captured for his deception. As the plot progress, Edmund realises that the two evil sisters fell in love with him, as a master of manipulating emotions Edmund was able to bend the two sisters according to his will for this reason he took the chance as a possible ruler of Britain. Edmund did truly commit malicious deeds that are inhumane thus inflicting damage upon other characters of the play. The First character Edmund inflicted damage upon to is Edgar by forging a letter Edgar was manhunt by Gloucester’s men and Cornwall’s
Our father love is to the bastard, Edmund. Now Gods stand up for the bastard””. (Act I.II 17-18, 23) Edmund was able to win his father’s heart by forging a letter that conveys a message Edgar is scheming against their father to obtain his power and wealth with this in mind Edmund frames Edgar by slicing his own hand for refusing to join the conspiracy. Edmund accomplishes his first goal by Gloucester denouncing Edgar as his hereditary. Edmund second manoeuvre was to take vengeance against his father his stratagem is by forming an alliance with Goneril, Regan, and Cornwall. Edmund reveals his father’s plan to help the King to the alliance thereupon Gloucester was captured for his deception. As the plot progress, Edmund realises that the two evil sisters fell in love with him, as a master of manipulating emotions Edmund was able to bend the two sisters according to his will for this reason he took the chance as a possible ruler of Britain. Edmund did truly commit malicious deeds that are inhumane thus inflicting damage upon other characters of the play. The First character Edmund inflicted damage upon to is Edgar by forging a letter Edgar was manhunt by Gloucester’s men and Cornwall’s